Hospital at Night Summit: Optimising Out of Hours Healthcare Delivery

This conference focuses on the prevention, assessment and management of people with delirium. Through national updates and practical case studies the conference will equip you to spread the message that delirium is preventable, and develop your skills in the recognition, assessment and management of delirium. The conference will include case study sessions focusing delirium as a symptom of coronavirus and how this should be managed, delirium and dementia, delirium following surgery, delirium in the ICU and delirium at the end of life. There are also in depth sessions focusing on managing violent or aggressive behaviour in patients experiencing delirium and the link between delirium and pain.

The conference will also consider the update to the Clinical Guideline on Delirium: prevention, diagnosis and management.

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Key details

Date: 15 May 2025

Location: Online,

Availability: Places available

Delirium Prevention, Assessment and Effective Management

This conference will enable you to:

  • Network with colleagues who are working to improve practice in the prevention, recognition, assessment and management of people with delirium
  • Learn from outstanding practice in prevention delirium
  • Reflect on lived experience
  • Understand delirium as a symptom of coronavirus and how this should be managed, and what we can learn from the pandemic with regard to delirium management
  • Reflect on national developments and learning
  • Improve patient experience and support people with delirium
  • Develop the role of delirium champions
  • Understand latest evidence on the causes of delirium
  • Implement principles of assessment for those at risk of delirium and those presenting with symptoms
  • Reflect on the update to NICE guidelines on Delirium
  • Develop your skills in Early Assessment of Delirium through the use of Electronic Assessment for delirium
  • Explore the evidence and links between delirium and pain
  • Reflect on the use of a virtual delirium ward for patients with frailty
  • Understand how you can reduce confusion and delirium following surgery
  • Identify key strategies for improving psychological care of critical care patients with ICU associated delirium
  • Understand the role of a delirium outreach service in supporting patients at home with unresolved delirium
  • Reflect on the management of people in distress who are experiencing delirium
  • Learn from best practice in managing delirium at the end of life, and improving communication with patients and carers
  • Improve practice in the recognition and management of delirium in hospitals, the community and in care homes
  • Self assess and reflect on your own practice
  • Supports CPD professional development and acts as revalidation evidence. This course provides 5 Hrs training for CPD subject to peer group approval for revalidation purposes